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Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder

Kansas rates for HCPCS A7526

Tracheostomy tube collar/holder, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder cost?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $5.01 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$2.34 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$5.01 to $5.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.02
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.63

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$5.25

KS $5.25NJ $2.40

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.